"I didn’t know I was this geeky until I discovered the online world through my office’s 2400 baud modem back in ’93." Tag Archives for homophones
Drink like a fish
Ever wonder why salmon is called ‘sake’, as in ‘Nigiri sake’, and the rice wine (that’s really a beer) you drink with it is called ‘sake’ too? Apparently the Japanese language is just rife with homophones. ‘Kiki’, for example, means … Continue reading
